Anthony Bourdain takes offense with Houston writer's criticism of his Bayou City visit

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Last summer author, TV personality, and world traveler Anthony Bourdain came to Houston in search of the best culture and food that the city could offer.

While he was shooting footage for an episode of CNN's "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," he discovered the city to be a very gritty, multicultural and tasty place. When it aired in October 2016 the episode was just as much a revelation to natives as it was to outsiders.

She was confused, like many people, as to why it took so long for Baldwin to get his blood up about the six-month-old episode, not to mention at a loss as to what exactly he was offended by. Baldwin pointed to a recent New Yorker piece in which it was revealed that Bourdain wanted "no white people" in his Houston episode.

Bourdain responded to the story directly on Twitter.

"This is some shameful, dishonest race-baiting click bait. All involved should take a hard look in the mirror," wrote Bourdain, linking to the PaperCity piece himself.

Basically, Baldwin's gist is that the city's big-time chefs (some of who happen to be Anglo) didn't get any airtime. Bourdain instead dug deeper beyond the mainstream celebrity chefs, looking for great ethnic spots and the faces and families behind each.

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"The episode provided a fascinating look at the Houston that many of the residents populating all the mid-rises and high-rises popping up don't even know," Baldwin wrote, proving he at least enjoyed the episode, even if it took him six months to gather his thought on it.

"But some of the most interesting stuff is how determined Anthony Bourdain is to not do what's expected on his ever-evolving TV show. Sometimes that requires issuing a 'no white people' decree," he continued, making Bourdain sound a bit ugly in the process.

Bourdain's aim was to gather a fresh perspective of Houston "as a Vietnamese and Central American and African and Indian place" and not to revisit places like Underbelly, (the late) Oxheart and Killen's BBQ, which have had enough praise to last a lifetime.

Heck, even those guys are probably sick of hearing about themselves.

The show is called "Parts Unknown" and anyone that has followed Bourdain's TV career knows that he likes to take a deep dive into the cities that he visits. That sometimes means looking past the places that are the most-critically lauded by food critics and the like.